Dispatch from our intern

Over the weekend, the #occupyeverywhere movement arrived in Australia. Protests took place in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Darwin, Adelaide and elsewhere around the country. Globally, this movement has grown fast. On 15 October demonstrations were planned in 951 cities in 82 countries. Though demands have varied – some are protesting against austerity measures in Europe, others against Japanese nuclear power – everyone seems to be uniting under a shared goal: to seek greater economic and social equality for the world’s bottom 99 percent.